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Long Time Since

Well is has been some time since I last entered blog land when I looked at the date of my last blog I realised why. A couple of days later one of my brothers passed away and a few months ago our Mother also, so it is still early days of settling affairs, what better way than to stitch my way through it. So I have joined a Stitch-a-long and needed to get my blog going to join in.

Many other joyous events have also helped to balance the past couple of years. Eldest daughter and her Fiance brought a block of land on which they hope to build their forever home starting next year. Youngest daughter survived VCE and did really well and is now studying Bachelor of Applied Science and Physiotherapy. As for me I only just survived her VCE and was grateful she was the last one through high school. We added a beautiful kelpie called Brie ( as in cheese ) because she came from a farm in Bega NSW and two mischievous bunnies called Charlotte and Lacey.

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